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"standard" or "tree" roses. Years ago (and maybe even now) 

 men used to searcli the hedgerows for dog roses of suitable size 

 and shape which were dug up, tied in bundles, and sold to nursery- 

 men who budded garden roses on them. Rosa canina is a poly- 

 morphic species and some of its forms have been accorded sub- 

 specific rank by some botanists. 



The Memorial Rose {Rosa Wichuraiana) covers part of the 

 terrace bank on this side of the Peivilion. It is admirably 

 adapted to this purpose, or, for that matter, as a ground cover 

 anywhere, sloping or level, so long as dense shade is avoided. 

 Neither flowers nor fruits are strikingly handsome— its chief 

 value is for the carpet of shining, persistent foliage produced on 

 its long trailing growths. We used to have one plant of this 

 species trained on the trellis surrounding the garden as a re- 

 minder that it is an ancestor of many ot the best of our modern 

 climbers, but it is not a climber and is so much happier when 

 allowed to ramble along the ground in its natural habit of growth 

 that it was removed from the trellis. 



It is convenient at this point to turn our attention to the beds 

 in the central portion of this area. 



Historical Rosins 



The north east bed is occupied by roses of historical or utili- 

 tarian interest. 



Rosa gallica, the French Rose, is probably one of those referred 

 to by Pliny, in his "Natural History," when he mentions the 

 roses of Miletus. Some rosarians have suggested that the red 

 R. gallica was the rose used as the emblem of the House of 

 Lancaster during the "\\'ars of the Roses" in England, in the 

 15th century. Others assign this honor to R. damascena. 



Rosa centifolia, the Hundred-leaved (petalled) Rose, Cabbage 

 Rose, or Provence Rose, first mentioned by Herodotus, has been 

 cultivated in Europe for more than two thousand years. One 

 would think that a rose that had proved itself to be amenable 

 to cultivation, for so long a period would be tractable even in 

 Brooklyn. For a while, however, we were unable to grow a 

 respectable plant of this species. This failure possibly w^as due 

 to its dislike of urban surroundings, or, more likely, because the 



